The Hermiston herald., December 17, 1920, Image 8

Ships of the Air Named After Columbus’ Caravels
Marine Exposition in Chicago
PHOTOS SENT BY
TELEPHONE WIRE
Demonstration of Teleostereo-
graph, a French Invention,
Proves Success.
EFFICIENCY SHOWN IN TESTS
Four Pictures Are Sent From New
York to St. Louis, the Negatives
Being Reproduced With
Distinctness.
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New York.—The first American dem­
onstration of the teleostereograph, the
invention of Edouard Belin of Paris,
was held when four photographs were
wired between this city and St. Louis.
Each of the pictures went the 1.060
miles in about eight minutes, the nega­
tives being reproduced with distinct­
ness.
The Santa Maria and the Pinta, two 11-passenger air liners named after Columbus' caravels, “hopped" from the
The tests were between the office of
Columbia Yacht club. New York, for Key West, where recently a passenger and mail service between Key West
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the
World and the editorial rooms of
and Havana, Cuba, opened.
the St. Louis Post Dispatch and were
conducted byeMr. Belin who came to
done at an altitude of 5,000 feet, but New York at the invitation of Ralph
between Hazelton and Wrangell, an Pulitzer, proprietor of the World,
altitude of 9,000 to 10,000 feet was
Efficiency Is Demonstrated.
reached.
"The
instrument has demonstrated
The aviators are all young men, the
oldest being 27 and the youngest 22. Its efficiency and utility,” Mr. Pulitzer
Four of the eight are southerners and said after the experiment, “and I am
all but one have mothers living; two quite satisfied with the tests.”
“Do you Intend to introduce the
are foreign born, Lieut. Eric H. Nel­
son being a native of Sweden and teleostereograph in American journal-
Sergt. Edmond Henriques
a native of ism?” be was asked.
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“Well, I am hoping to,” he said, “but
Australia.
Little wonder that the town made
The take-off from Wrangell for the of course It has not quite reached the
Flight of Daring Army Aviators to holiday
; that Mayor Grant welcomed flight up-country was spectacular. practical stage yet.”
Alaska Means the Dawn
the filera; that Gov. Riggs and the Swerving from their course, on invita­
About seventy-five scientists, wire
mayor of Juneau and others sent tele­ tion from Mayor Robertson of Juneau, experts and newspaper men gathered
of New Day.
grams. Little wonder the fliers were the fliers circled over the capital city, to witness the trial. Mr. Belin and
feasted and feted. The occasion war­ Lieut. Kirkpatrick dipping low enough several assistants had the instrument
ranted It. Here were eight men who to drop a package sent by the New all set up and special wires between
had traveled across the continent to York Times to Gov. Riggs.
I the two cities were waiting.
Serglef island where. In the days of
“The transmission,” declared A. C.
With stops at Whitehorse, Dawson,
the Cassiar gold stampede, hundreds
Thrilling Story of Their Arrival in the of argonauts had camped waiting for Fairbanks, Ruby, the great flight Lescarboura. scientific writer, “is sim­
ply a matter of preparing a basreltef
Land of Ice and Snow Is Told—
the Ice to open and clear the way to reached its destination, Nome, at 5:30
of the photograph, and then tracing
p.
m.
August
15,
having
made
fifty-five
Stikine river; where hundreds, too, had
Alaskans Hold Celebration
hours actual flying time from New that basrellef with a stylus connected
taken breath In that breathless and
In Honor of Event
to a telephone transmitter. The latter
York, 4,300 miles away.
historic Klondike rush, when many had
varies the current flowing over the
perished.
wire In accordance with the relative
New York.—When, in 1846, President
The story of Alaska would have been WOMEN OF EGYPT ARE ACTIVE
height of any point of the basrellef
Polk signed with Great Britain a com­ another story had aviation been a
promise treaty which extended the Ca­ working proposition In 1897 ; the his­ Interest In Affaire Outside of Home
nadian border line from the Rocky tory of Alaska will be a different his­
Draws Comment From High
mountains to the Pacific ocean on par­ tory dating from August 14, 1920. The
Commissioner.
allel 49, he settled the long-drawn-out flight to Alaska has a much wider sig­
controversy over the Oregon boundary nificance than a mere spectacular one.
London.—Egyptian women are at
and hushed for all time the campaign The war department, through its air last beginning to take an interest in
slogan, “54-40 or fight,” which hud service, has not lent Itself to the public affairs, particularly in the
come to be a very Insistent one during showman's game. Excessive speed or schools.
Viscount Milner In his re­
the middle forties.
sensational performances have not port as high commissioner of Egypt,
There was a wait of twenty-one been covered, notably in the London- says that no change In that country In
years before a more prophetic imagi­ Australia flight. In the New York- the last few years is more striking Sixty Thousand Have Passed
nation, a wider vision, flung our coast Nome tour, at no time was there a than the awakening Interest of women
Examinations for Positions
Une to the farthest limit of the conti­ Jump of more than 320 miles nor an In affairs outside of the home.
Under the Government
nent by the purchase from Russia of altitude higher than 10,000 feet. At the
The commissioner added that a few
that vast storehouse of mineral, agri­ same time it must be borne in mind years ago It was rare to find a moth­
cultural and timber wealth, the won­ that the flight was not without hazard. er showing a direct personal interest
There are pleasanter places to be In the welfare of her daughter at
der world of Alaska.
A new era in the history of our far stranded with a wrecked airplane than school. All this was left to the fa­
northland, says Aid Service News Let­ the Canadian Rockies or the uncharted ther, who often had to overcome the
ter, began on August 14, 1920, the date wilds of Alaska. A flight In almost mother's opposition to the education Amendments to the Law Establish
on which the four army airplanes any other direction on United States of her daughter.
Preference for Soldiers—Not Dis-
"During the last few years these
piloted by those daring aviators, Capt. territory offers more friendly harbors
qualified by War Wounds—Num-
conditions have changed in the larger
St. Clair Street and Lleuts. Clifford C. and happier landing fields.
ber Increases Steadily.
towns where mothers now visit the
Nutt, C. H. Crumrine and Ross Kirk-
Significance of the Fight
schools and discuss their daughter’s
Patrick, with observers and mechani­
Washington.—The civil service is un­
cians,
Sergt.
Edmond
Henriques
But, back of it all, the Alaskan progress with the bead teacher," said dergoing a change, for many former
the
report.
Lieut. Eric II. Nelson and Sergts flight had a deep significance. It was
army men are “still In the service” and
This change Is attributed by the are Injecting some of the old-time war
James Long and Joseph E. English, In undertaken by the war department for
the 9,000-mlle transcontinental flight a three-fold purpose and with the cor­ high commissioner largely to educa­ pep Into their handling of the mall,
from New York to Nome and return, dial co-operation of the Candiana gov­ tion, and he predicts that Its Influ­ keeping records of government insur­
made the jump from Hazleton, Do­ ernment, and the aid of the weather ence will be potent on the future prog­ ance, helping to liquidate the nation’s
minion of Canada, to Wrangell, terri­ bureaus of both countries. The first ress of educational development in war contracts, putting together the re-
tory of Alaska.
great purpose in view Is the photo­ Egypt
I suits of the 1920 census, opening up
graphing and preliminary surveying
A Dav of Joy.
and irrigating and draining new gov­
for the opening of a route to Alaska.
ernment land, clerking in all the vari­
We can picture what the scene was
The second Is the establishing of a
ous government departments — doing
like when the fliers first reached Alas­
“
Lady
”
and
“
Gentleman
”
anything that needs to be done around
kan soil. It was Saturday, and, when relay mall and commercial air route
which will cut the time from Alaska
Get License to Wed
the national household. The number
it became known that the fliers were
to the states from weeks to days. The
of ex-service men working for the gov­
expected that afternoon, the mayor of
third is the mapping of some 3.500
San Francisco.—Elmer J. Mott
ernment is increasing steadily, and to­
Wrangell declared a holiday. Flags
square miles of unexplored country
gentlemen, age fifty.
day numbers 60,000 who have passed
were hoisted over the principal build­
about the flats of the upper Yukon
Laura E. Galbraith, lady, age
the examination and 40,000 who have
ings of the town. Mill whistles blew
river—a three days’ task for the four
forty-eight.
been certified for appointment. At the
and bells rang that all might set out
flying photographers, but a labor of
This was the unique record on
present time the actual count Is 15,750
for the landing field at Serglef Island,
three years and many men for a
a marriage license granted by
ex-service folk now detailed for duty
made ready for the arrival and 1n
“Cupid" Munson. Mott said he
with the government, but with these
charge of Sergt. W. W. McLaughlin. ground surveying party.
With these three purposes in view,
had no other occupation than that
new appointments the number will be
All during the afternoon small boats
therefore, it needs no prophetic vision
of a gentleman, but that prior to
doubled and trebled in the near future.
were leaving, loaded with passengers.
to see what changes are to be wrought
a year ago he was In the real
At noon the Barrington Transporta­
Like Old Times.
In Alaska's future by the coming of
estate business In Rome. N. Y.
tion company's "Hazel B. No. 3" left
“It reminds a person of old times to
the four airplanes to Alaskan soil on
His
bride
was
a
resident
of
the dock, floating a big scow, both boat
wander through some government
August 14 last. Little wonder, as we
Guelph, Ontario, Canada, and is
and scow loaded to the limit with
buildings and hear a head clerk shout
have said, that their advent was hailed
a
wealthy
widow.
sight-seers. Meanwhile no news had
out the never-to-be-forgotten ‘snap to
with rejoicing by the far distant and
After a stay of three months
come from Hazelton saying Just when
It,'” writes J. W. Rixey Smith. "Many
far-seeing Alaskans who had hazarded
on
this
coast
they
will
return
to
the filera had left for Wrangell. Thore
a sedate and settled-for-the-ages gov­
their lives and their fortunes uphold­
the
East
to
make
their
perma
­
was no way of guessing the hour when
ernment bureau has had Its papers and
ing the upbuilding of Alaska's futura
nent residence there.
they would arrive. All eyes scanned
Its calm ruffled recently as the thou­
According to the “Wrangell Senti­
the sky. The hands of the clock
sands of men who did their hitch In
nel,” which gave Its whole front page
turned relentlessly, cutting away the
I the army or the navy walked In under
of August 19 to a story of the arrival
afternoon. One o'clock, 2. 3, 4. Some
of the airmen, Capt. Street, who had RUSS TOTS SMASH WINDOWS civil service to occupy desks in Just
discouraged spectators turned their
about the same manner as they would
bought at Edmonton a water-proof
faces, homeward, making ready to
They hurl papers
coat with a fur collar and lined with United In Drastic Protest Against Be- take trenches.
take the boat hack to Wrangell.
around as If they were throwing Mills
undipped lamb akin, and. at Wrangell,
Ing
.Barred
From
Their
Suddenly there was a shout: "There
bombs, and they chase In and out as
a pair of loggers' rubber packs and a
Own Country.
they come.” And the four planes came
If they were always after a German,
pair of socks, that would weigh as
humming overhead, circling the land­
bitterly lamented one old-timer about
much as an ordinary pair of shoes. Is
Bertin.
—
Only
135
of
the
781
Rus
­
ing field. With a dip and whirr that
reported to have said: “When I was sian children brought from Vladivo­ to be retired to make way for the new
thrilled the spectators, Lieut. Kirk-
flying over the continuous chain of stok by the American Red Cross and blood.
Patrick came to earth at sixty miles
glaciers and snow fields between hero landed at a Finnish port have been
“Many amendments looking toward
an hour. The three other planes fol­
and Hazelton, I little dreamed that on permitted to enter Russia, according civil service jobs for ex-service men
lowed In quick succession, plans No.
reaching Wrangell It would be my to Col. K. W. Ryan, director of the and women and their dependents have
1. with Capt. Street, commander of the
privilege to feast on home-grown ber­ Red Cross work in the Baltic states, been added to the civil-service laws.
squadron, being the last to leave the
air. In seven minutes from the time ries and cream. The luxuriant growth who passed through Berlin en route Five such amendments and two execu­
the first plane landed, all four had of vegetables and the beautiful flow­ to Paris. The children are being held tive orders of the President have been
come to earth, and In spite of recent ers here are a great surprise to me" In Finland until proper papers are Instrumental In opening the gates of
Incidents of the Flight
presented, showing that parents or government service as wide as pos­
rains that had caused a wet field, all
In Its story of this dramatic moment other responsible relatives will re­ sible to the ex-service man.
were happy landings.
In Alaska's history, the Sentinel notes ceive them.
“One amendment establishes prefer­
No One Worked That Day.
the following Interesting Item. In the
Some of the little Russians, he said, ence for all honorably discharged sol-
So the great deed was done. The flight from Hazelton to Wrangell the
had smashed windows and furniture diera, sailors and marines, wives of
work was accomplished.
The 3,000 aviatore flew over much virgin coun­
In a sanitarium near Helsingfors, disabled men and widows of service
miles between New York and Alaska try. which, on account of Its Inacces­
where they are being quartered. Their men In appointments to certain posi-
had been cut to less than fifty flying sibility, had never been beheld by hu­
action was In protest against being tiona In the District of Columbia.
hours. The Journey itself was to con­ man eye. Much of the time after
denied the privilege of entering Rus­
“Another amendment provides for
tinue 1,500 miles farther, to Fairbanks, leaving Saskatoon, the filers had to
sia at once.
the reinstatement of all civil service
to Rnby, to Nome. But the reality of rely for bearings upon their compasses,
employees who went to war. Another
the accomplishment was established thus proving their ability as tertal
Fireproof barrels made from sugar restores to their places on the civil
when they touched Alaskan soil at navigators. The greater part of the
mill refuse have been invented In service eligibility list all those who
Wrangell.
flying since leaving New York
Hawaii.
loot their civil service status by reason
NEW ERA OPENS
IN HISTORY OF
OUR NORTHLAND
GREAT REJOICING IN WRANGELL
Scene In the Marine exposition just held In Chicago. In the center is the
steamship Port of Chicago, a one-tenth size model of a combined passenger
and cargo ship.
record at any given moment. At the lacked copper cylinder. The cylinder
receiving end this current variation is with the print is then placed in boi
translated into various gradations of water, with the result that the gelatin
of the print adheres to the cylinder li
light.
“The first step, then. Is to prepare accordance with its own degree of
the transmitting record or plate. A blackness, while the unexposed gela,
copper cylinder forms the base of the tine is washed away with the paper.
“In this manner a coating of uneven
record—which, incidentally, is of the
size and appearance of the old fash­ thickness Is formed on the cylinder, or
ioned phonograph regords—and Its a photographic basrellef.”
surface is coated with a five per cent
shellac solution.
Care of the Print
"Meanwhile a carbon print Is made
In the conventional photographic man­
ner from the photographic negative to
be transmitted, after which the print
Is wrapped face to face with the shel-
was
Berlin.—The remarkable case
2 of a doctor going insane during
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an operation Is reported from
Councilor Surgen i
Gebhard, while performing a ml-
nor operation on a woman, sud-
dcnly was seized with the hallu-
cination he was in a clinle dio
sectlng a cadaver. Doctor Geb-
hard accordingly cut up the wom-
an, who died on the table.
On another occasion he cut oft
a soldier’s arm and then failed
to trke measures to prevent the
soldier from bleeding to death.
Doctor Gebhard now is in
Berlin sanatorium.
2 Schwerin.
EX-FIGHTERS IN
CIVIL SERVICE
PUT SNAP INTO THE WORK
Crazy Surgeon Kills
Woman Under Knife
of joining the military or naval forces.
“A fourth amendment makes it pos­
sible for a disabled ex-service man to
hold a civil service position In spite of
his disability upon the certification of
the federal board for vocational edu­
cation that he has been trained for
and is capable of performing the work.
“The fifth and last amendment pro­
vides that, Instead of the percentage
of 70 required to be made on the regu­
lar civil service examinations, a per­
centage of 65 made by ex-service per­
sons shall result not only in their pass­
ing but In their being placed on the
civil service eligibility list above al)
others regardless of the marks made.
Civil Service Preference.
"Of the two executive orders of the
President on the subject of civil serv­
ice and the ex-service man, one pro­
vides for the reinstatement, within five
years of an honorable discharge, of
those who held positions before the
war In the competitive classified serv­
ice, and the other extends civil service
preference regulations to all postmas.
tershlps of the first, second and third
classes.
“Despite the fact that 60,000 war
veterans are on the civil service eli­
gibility list and that these changes
have been made In the law In their
interest, only 15,750 have so far re­
ceived civil service appointments.
There are two reasons for this: The
first and most obvious Is that there
have not been 60,000 vacancies. The
second is that the law requires In the
making of the civil service appoint­
ments the names of the three highest
eligibles shall be submitted to the de­
partment head. Where the name of
an ex-service man Is submitted, along
with the names of two other persons
who have made the highest marks of
any civilians taking the examination,
the department head may choose either
the ex-service man or one of the other
two eligibles for the position. Thus
all of the congressional amendments
and preference talk notwithstanding
the civil service job for the ex-service
man depends In n great measure upon'
the department heads of the govern­
ment
“Salaries tn the civil service vary
greatly. The average departmental po-
sition in .Washington pays anywhere
from $1,200 to $3.500 a year, while
many civil service positions In the
work
of the the country
different pay
departments
throughout
as low as
$000 a year with quarters and mount
as high as 15.000 a year. All sa7a^
5*:
32,000
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REBUILD THEIR RAZED HOME
French Family of 16 Capture Prize of
15,000 Francs Offered by
Norman Davis.
Lens, France.—The Duborepere fam­
ily of the little village of Meteren,
near here, has been awarded the prize
of 15,000 francs, given by Norman
Davis of Washington through Mme.
Jusserand, wife of the French am­
bassador, for the family which should
rebuild its destroyed house In the
devastated region without the Maist­
anee of carpenters, masons and other
expert building workers.
The material was furnished by the
David fund through the Secours d’Ur
gence and in three months the house
was finished.
The Doborepere family consists of
father, mother and 16 children, all I
Ing.
Experts say the house is worth over
The material
50,000 francs.
15,000,
The Lure of Pickhandle Wine.
Charleston, W. Va.—Although "dn
officers are active, moonshining
parently is on the increase. In ®
northern part of West Virginia m"
raids have been made. The net "
suit of the hauls is 31,000 gallons
mash, 631 gallons of moonshine
quarts of other whisky and 3,000
Ions of pickhandle wine. Al"
raids were mede during the mon.
ending Oct 15. But prison senten.
don't seem to scare off the
though the federal court has been "
usually severe and out of for"
cases tried forty-three of the -
ants were convicted.
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"shine
Seven-Ounce Hen Pet
of Pacific Coast 809
Ki
Oregon City. - Eugene
miller, aged seven, son UL
and Mrs. E. P. Kitzmiller of ′
city. Is probably the owner "
the smallest hen for her age >
the state of Oregon. She
black-breasted red game
weighing seven ounces, »ne
six months snd seven day’
and struts around the yard
the big Rhode Island reds
Dree
ar
Take Her Word for it
Indianapolis. Ind.—Jim" the amn
sia victim, who was Identified by Mrs
James Val Morton of Cleveland as her
husband, didn * even remember he
had been married. When his wife
called Morton
at the said:
hospital
him
“If and
you Identified
say you
are my wife, I guess you are, but
do not remember you.”
yard.
-Miss Ve!I-Y
■■■ •• . j
Ky—Because •
1
Lexington.
not “paged" when her mother"
theaters . a
ported dying, all
the movies, must page p«-oP"